Page 11: Historical Events In 1976
Thursday, 04 December 2025
Aug 09 Clive Lloyd scores double-ton in 120 mins, WI v Glamorgan on this day in history. 


Aug 09 Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet/novelist, dies at 65 on this day in history. 


Aug 09 On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 24, last Lunar flight to date from Earth 


Aug 10 On this day in history bert Oldfield, cricketer (54 Tests, 52 stumpings), dies 


Aug 11 In the year 1976 keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami 


Aug 12 First approach and landing test (ALT) of orbiter Enterprise in the year 1976. 


Aug 12 Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on this day in history. 


Aug 13 An HU-16 Albatross, the Navy's last operational seaplane made its final water landing in Pensacola Bay in the year 1976. 


Aug 15 In the year 1976 jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 


Aug 16 Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83 on this day in history. 


Aug 16 In the Mindanao area of the Philippines, a 7.9 earthquake occurred near the west coast of Mindanao, about 950 kilometers south of Manila. A tsunami was generated in the Moro Gulf causing considerable damage and loss of life. It is estimated that the earthquake and tsunami killed 5,000 to 8,0000 people in the year 1976. 


Aug 17 Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 in the year 1976. 


Aug 18 USSR's Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon in the year 1976. 


Aug 19 Alastair Sim, actor (Christmas Carol, Green for Danger), dies at 75 on this day in history. 


Aug 19 Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention on this day in history. 


Aug 20 In the year 1976 phyllis Konstam, actress (Murder, Skin Game), dies at 69 


Aug 21 In the year 1976 ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies 


Aug 22 In the year 1976 juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, pres of Brazil (1955-60), dies at 73 


Aug 24 On this day in history michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 


Aug 24 In the year 1976 soyuz 21 returns to Earth 


Aug 25 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76 on this day in history. 


Aug 26 Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88 in the year 1976. 


Aug 27 British MP John Stonehouse resigns following his conviction for theft and fraud in the year 1976. 


Aug 29 In the year 1976 anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18 


Aug 30 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history. 


Aug 30 USS Oriskany, the last of the Essex-class attack carriers, was decommissioned at San Francisco and placed in the mothball fleet. Oriskany saw extensive action in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts in the year 1976. 


Aug 31 Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 in the year 1976. 


Sep 01 NASA launches space vehicle S-197 on this day in history. 


Sep 01 In the year 1976 wayne L Hays, (Rep-D-Oh), resigns (scandal with Elizabeth Ray) 


Sep 03 On this day in history the unmanned NASA spacecraft Viking Two makes a successful Mars landing to begin its mission of sending color photos back to Earth. 


Sep 03 The US spacecraft Viking 2 successfully lands on Mars on this day in history. 


Sep 05 On this day in history a E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies 


Sep 06 On this day in history russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet, many smiles in the US 


Sep 07 In the year 1976 uS courts find George Harrison guilty of plagarism (He's So Fine) 


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